Example sentences of "there [vb mod] to [be] two " in BNC.

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1 Most will be adults , and there ought to be two discrete year classes smaller than those .
2 We could hardly get inside for rubbish and could n't see the floor , it was all dirt , and there used to be two or three benches on which we had to sit down ; then old Morgan would read the Bible to us and pray , we had to kneel down — oh what a dry lesson .
3 There used to be two varieties known as the Maroilles and Picardy in France .
4 There used to be two small hamlets just outside but part of the village , known as Mill Cottages and Pry Cottages .
5 There used to be two shelves in the oven .
6 And there used to be two on the Road , one used to be called Palladium and one used to be called the Palace .
7 There used to be two hundred monks here . ’
8 Exactly oh yes that was shared between the men what erm , there used to be two men so they 'd get er share the three pound between them or five pound whatever it was .
9 In the UK there used to be two taxes that tax wealth per se rather than the income that is derived from wealth .
10 We used to , twenty eight there used to be two lavatories , madam and gents , you know .
11 There used to be two but there 's four now .
12 Well the big there 's gon na be big problems really because erm there used to be two of us that were F grades , yeah ?
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